Apps for Aug Com and Autism

Does it sometimes feel like your work with students is a "Mission Impossible"?
There are over 30 apps to cover today that support Autism and students with communication needs. We will be discovering some of them by breaking out and exploring them and then coming back to share - a divide and conquer method.
We also will be categorizing the apps under different groupings based on the purpose they serve. You will receive a sheet with 2 columns, one with a list of categories and one with a list of the apps we will explore. Your assignment (should you choose to accept it) is to put these apps under the areas you feel they best fit. This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds! 
App Links:
Sono Flex Lite
Sounding Board
ASD Tools
Choiceworks 6.99
Visual Planner 14.99
Clicker Sentences 28.99
Clicker Docs 30.99
Notability 4.99
Fireworks Blast-off  .99
Falling Stars
Screenchomp
Show Me
Draw Stars!
PenUltimate
Audionote Lite
Adobe Reader
Skitch
Popplet Lite
iBrainstorm
Proloquo2Go 219.99
Lickety Split .99
Sequences 4.99
Toca Apps: Fairy Tale, Kitchen Monsters, Cars 2.99
Doodle Timer
Choiceboard
Chorepad Lite
Shadow Puppet
Youkids
VisTimer Free
Particlescape
Lux Draw
Share Timer
Pic Collage
Autism Apps
Sleep Pillow 1.99

Agenda:
Intro Activity
iOS Tools
2 categories explored
Break
2 categories explored
Lunch
2 categories explored with project/acitvity
Closing Reflection Activity
Our Top Ten List for the Day:
Shadow Puppet
Sounding BoardSonoflex
PenUltimate
Lickety Split
Playhome Lite
Magic Fingers
Clicker Docs and Sentences
Choiceworks
ASD Tools
Share Timer Storybot
Honorable Mention:
Yooukids
Sleep pillow
Where's My Water?
Show Me

Apps That Accommodate Reading & Writing

What is Your Dream Adventure? What is your favorite Genre?
We will explore apps today, but hopefully tap into and tantalize your sense of adventure...

Agenda and Resources
Free Apps your will need to download today:
Adobe Reader
Popplet Lite
Plain Text 2 for Dropbox
Zentap (iPhone app - but can go on iPad)
Writable

iBrainstorm
iBrainstorm Companion (IPhone only)
Evernote
PenUltimate
Vjournal
Skitch

Miss Spell's Class
Toontastic
Madlips
PicCollage

Resources:
Gutenberg.org (will search for:The Island of the Yellow Sands -E.C.Brill -Kindle with images)
Read, Write, Think (especially see mobile apps)
Apps for Literature
pdfgive.net - PDF Search Engine (Will use to search for Edgar Allen Poe Resources)
Dropbox App
Lit2go
Articles: 
Using iPads in Literature Circles
Apps and Ideas for Literature Circles on iPads

Agenda:
1. Opening Activities
2. What's Available in iPad OS Settings? Pages App?
3. Resources for books and pdf's -Gutenberg for books (The Island of the Yellow Sands)
    The Raven Worksheet for pdf (pdfgive.net)
4. Pdf's - Adobe Reader, Skitch, Evernote/iBooks/Dropbox for storage
5. Writing Apps that Accommodate: iBrainstorm, Popplet, Zentap, Plaintext2, Writable,
6. Literature Circles: Articles
7. Resources - Lit2Go, Cathy library, Read Write Think, Lit2go,
8. Putting it all togther - Building a Literature/Writing Collage on a chosen book - work with Author partner

Apps for Organization, Scheduling and Note-taking

Agenda and Resources:

Free Apps you will need to Download today

Evernote
Penultimate
Audionote Lite (Full version $4.99)
iBrainstorm (on iPad)
iBrainstorm Companion (for iPhone only)
Total Recall Mind Map
MobilsleNotes

PicCollage - Visual Learning Reminders Activity

My Homework Student Planner
My Homework Teacher Planner

Journals:
vJournal (an Evernote partner App)
Tablet Journal
Inknotes Basic

We will note use today but these are good for Cloud Storage:
Dropbox
Google Drive

Other Apps that cost (demo)
Notability $4.99
MyJournal .99 cents

Introduction/Opening Activity
Interview: Name, Subject/grade/location, Summer Activity, Little known fact

Scale 1 to 10 activity on use of tools

Cool Stuff On Your iPad/iPhone OS to Support You
Calendar
Reminders
VoiceNotes
Notes
Pages (now free on new iPads)
Dictation on keyboard with Mic button
Siri Commands - "Create an event"; "Make a Reminder"; "Find (blank) on the web"; "Find a picture of (blank) on the web"
Practice using Siri 3 items: find shark picture, History of Kona, Hawaii, Hot rock walking

Penultimate and Evernote
Penultimate: Scribble Pad, collect ideas and photos
Evernote: make daily notes, collect links, pages and links your data from other apps and computer "snipper" in browser.
Add a voice note to a page
Take a picture and save
Search for keywords to find specific notes

Activity: Pick an app, Penultimate or Evernote,  and choose to do  from below:
 1) Create a Note: 2) jot down an idea or task, 3) add images, 4) record audio clip,5) make to-do list

Put it all together:
Siri Activity Scavenger Hunt
Find items and add to Penultimate list - search with Siri

Notability Overview (this is not a free app but excellent one)
Audionote - sync lecture feature - next best thing
iBrainstorm and iBrainstorm Comapnion for iPhone
Sequence Activity - Connect to companion to get notes and put in order

Group Exploration, Assess Apps and Report:
My Homework Student Planner
My Homework Teacher Planner
vJournal
Tablet journal
Inknotes Basic

Pic Collage and Activity - do research collage from topic on card

Clicker 6: 90 Second Trainings

Crick Software has a page with a list of 90 second videos and handouts check them out. Here is the link:

90 Second Videos and Handouts

Here is a sample:

Part 1: Introduction to Proloquo2Go 3

Make Your Own Screen Shot Picture Communication Symbols to Learn AAC Apps

We have been trialing different AAC apps with students who are transitioning from picture communication systems to iPad apps with speech output. One of the things that has been effective and fun, has been to take a screen shot of a context./topic page, then email it to ourselves, print it on card stock and cut up the symbols to use as a tactile crossover to the app.
An art activity
 We cut out a the screen shot symbols for an art topic and had colors, crayons, markers, glitter and glue. We also had the "I" and the "want" symbols cut out and placed them all together with a conversation strip.
In the activity we had the iPad ready and walked through the locations and sequences to get to the colors and art materials. The student had been practicing the "I want" and knew where that was located. we got out the actual materials and held them so the student had to pull the actual Card symbols and build i.e. "I want blue crayon" , then we showed him how to build the phrase on the iPad and then "say it".
Once it had been physically constructed, sequenced on the iPad and "spoken" the student got the item requested. A fun twist was to color with the studnet and model requesting my own art materials as well - it seemed more fair and made it more fun!
Apply to many concepts and categories
Try this with learning categories for food, things, toys, tools, etc. Building familiarity with the contents within catgories on a dynamic board while tactile handling of the symbols as well makes some great crossover applications.